You Can Now Buy a Plant That Grows Tomatoes and Potatoes (at the Same Time!)

And make ketchup and fries, perhaps?

Oct 1, 2013, 8:53 am EDT | By Burke Speaker, Investorplace Writer

You Can Now Buy a Plant That Grows Tomatoes and Potatoes (at the Same Time!)

Looking for something new to add to the garden? A British mail-order company is now selling a plant that grows tomatoes and potatoes in one.

Thompson & Morgan sells the grafted — not genetically engineered — plants in the United Kingdom for some $24 (or 14.99 pounds). The plant grows up to 500 cherry tomatoes and a “good crop” of potatoes, according to the company.

“The TomTato has been trialled for several years and the end result is far superior than anything I could have hoped for,” Paul Hansord, horticultural director at Thompson & Morgan told the Independent. “Trusses full of tomatoes which have a flavor that makes shop tomatoes inedible, as well as, a good hearty crop of potatoes for late in the season.”

The company uses a tomato plant and potato plant, combined in a pot and grown as one.